epi is a preposition that marks relations such as location, direction, basis, or opposition in biblical clauses.

As a preposition, ἐπί links actions, persons, and things in the sampled clauses: something may be placed or rest upon another, directed toward someone, based on something, or set against someone. The particular English expression varies with the clause rather than forming separate lexical senses.

1. Preposition marking clause-level relations · dominant

   The supplied morphology consistently identifies the forms as a preposition. In 1 Peter 2:24 the APB renders a body and sins as "upon the wood," while in 1 Timothy 5:19 it renders a charge as received "on the evidence of two or three witnesses"; 2 Corinthians 10:2 places boldness "against certain persons." These clauses show a grammatical connector whose relation is supplied by its surrounding construction.

   1 Peter 2:241 Timothy 5:192 Corinthians 10:21 Peter 4:141 Corinthians 3:121 Peter 5:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The translation variously uses expressions such as "upon," "on the evidence of," and "against," while in other clauses its specific correspondence cannot be isolated.